Of late, the hallways of Congress have felt less like a revered 200-year-old political institution and more like the inside of a high school with divided cliques and petty fights. But its not just how lawmakers act that mirrors something out of a CW teen drama, but the level of discourse has also devolved. In the House and Senate, the average lawmaker speaks at the level of a high school sophomore, according to a new report by the Sunlight Foundation. That's a grade level lower than lawmakers were speaking in 2005 and significantly more simplistic than the U.S. Constitution (written at a 17.8 grade level) and the Federalist Papers (written at a 17.1 grade level). Yet most Pennsylvania...

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